Five years before the Salem church came into existence, Bishop John Seybert, the first Bishop of the Evangelical Church, passed through Springtown, stopped at the home of Henry Funk, and found a place to preach there. The Rev. Solomon Altemos and Rev. Jacob Riegel were the first to preach in the school house, in 1837 and while there, they visited the home of Jacob Kooker. The Rev. Hummel, a...